Bf109G-10 (mcu-Erla Leipzig) Batch:490130-490399

[veltro]

Kris,

as I said at the start of this thread, we probably started with the wrong foot, but your way to ignore my advice of not using old info which I forwarded to you in this thread http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=27058 which you bypassed by opening a new thread with exactly the same quote, was on border of offense, so to say...

Now it comes to light that you are "not an expert in this thema..." and that you did not know that the info you quoted was not "fresh" info... And what I was writing about, then?

So you are a naive newcomer to this field, if this is the case, welcome aboard. However it is not ignoring info and advices that you can make a long way nor become a respected member of this community. I repeat, i have the strong impression that you started (almost certainly unwillingly) with the wrong foot, maybe not helped in this by language problems (hyronic that an Italian should say so to a German...) which may have worsened things and impressions given.

At any rate, this said, what you are asking for ("...good sources and literature about the Bf 109G-10s from Erla...") isn't a piece of cake.

The first who dealt with the exterior aspect of the late Bf 109s by detailing the different cowls certainly is J-L Mermet, who had at first published privately, then publicly a couple of interesting and meritorious works on the topic.

Also Tomas Poruba gave us some glimpses of his knowledge on the topic in his famous works on the K-4 and AFAIK is currently working on something about the late Gustavs helped by some experts in the field.

Personally I dedicate chapters on such topic in the work on ANR camouflage & markings realized with my colleague G. Valentini.

However, so far, most of the progress on this topic was made through intervention and threads appeared both in this forum and in a couple other ones, such as LEMB and the now (sadly) deceased "109 Lair Board"...

It is however perfectly logic that most of the progress and the info have been and are spread and exchanged through the net, as the new frontier of research is that, added to the higher and higher difficulty in publishing due to economics and small numbers of readers to be reached.

Thus today a researcher (amateur, enthusiast, you name it) has more than some difficulties to have his discoveries printed on paper, which in the end means that you will most probably have the same difficulties to be updated and informed in that way.

In the end, this means that you should have faith in the more respected and acknowledged forums like this and - as well - more trust and respect in the advices given and (if this is not a problem) not being shy in admitting to be a newcomer in a topic. The more humble is the approach, the more rewarding will be the feedback. IMHO at least.

Oh, and a good use of the "search" button could spare you a lot of time and misunderstandings as well.

Don't know if I have been useful to you, maybe not tecnically or historically, I know, but still am of the old school and believe that the human and psycological approach is often the key to new discoveries and a help to the learning curve.

Best of luck for the research.